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31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by tamana »

LoSboccacc wrote: post #48
jessaustin wrote: post #5

Will Wikipedia ever get responsive? [EDIT:] In other words, Wikipedia seems to be the last vestige of the dumb old "separate web for mobile" mindset of ideas like WML. Media queries are just better, and would prevent this inane "that link sucks for half of us; here's one that sucks for the other half" crap.

Media query are at most marginally better. They still suck for all devices with high resolution and low size or large size but low resolution.

Is that a flaw in media queries, or we devs writing bad queries?

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by jacalata »

ant6n wrote: post #33
_RPM wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The reason for a separate mobile site is that we can transfer less data over the wire. mobile sites typically aren't as feature filled as the desktop sites.

Bandwidth isn't the issue as much as latency. Those collapsible sections where the content isn't loaded just mean I have to wait 10 times for 20s while trying to read an article, rather than once for 25s upfront.

Wikipedia has a large audience in areas where bandwidth is very much an issue.

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by tamana »

rosstex wrote: post #29
jessaustin wrote: post #5

Will Wikipedia ever get responsive? [EDIT:] In other words, Wikipedia seems to be the last vestige of the dumb old "separate web for mobile" mindset of ideas like WML. Media queries are just better, and would prevent this inane "that link sucks for half of us; here's one that sucks for the other half" crap.

Try this: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_980

The throwback faux letterpress font is unreadable

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by trhway »

what seems to be the main cargo of the plane - illegally trafficked (by the airline itself) caiman skins:

https://operationthonapa.com/an-international-smuggling-ring...

"Pieces of snake/alligator/crocodile skins are scattered all over the mountain. In picking up a plane part for a closer look, often there would be crocodile hide on or near the part. They are in such abundance that we actually became quite sick of them as we combed the field for the black box.

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While we don’t think this is the sole reason for the bungling of the investigation immediately following the crash (10 months before an expedition was mounted!), these illegal animal skins are part of a larger pattern of smuggling illegal goods on Eastern Airlines commercial flights. Someone in the organization was making money on these sketchy practices. If some of this money found its way to the right pockets, it would been easy to delay the appropriate investigational response until many feet of snow/ice covered the crash site."

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by xufi »

justinclift wrote: post #35
ryanlol wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>On the other hand, would doing this open up potential remote vulnerabilities for aircraft systems? That could have long term crappy-ness attached. :( Why should it?

If the software that does the sending has vulnerabilities in it, that would be bad. Although we can all think of approaches to try to minimise/exclude that possibility... reality often has ways of showing up things people didn't think of. :(

What software would that be that the flight recorder box is running? I've always wanted to know. I've heard the OS Is some variation of a Linux distro

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by coin »

_RPM wrote: post #15
jessaustin wrote: post #5

Will Wikipedia ever get responsive? [EDIT:] In other words, Wikipedia seems to be the last vestige of the dumb old "separate web for mobile" mindset of ideas like WML. Media queries are just better, and would prevent this inane "that link sucks for half of us; here's one that sucks for the other half" crap.

The reason for a separate mobile site is that we can transfer less data over the wire. mobile sites typically aren't as feature filled as the desktop sites.

Which is why we have to play games like forging the user agent to get the full desktop site

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by 13of40 »

trhway wrote: post #54

what seems to be the main cargo of the plane - illegally trafficked (by the airline itself) caiman skins: https://operationthonapa.com/an-international-smuggling-ring... "Pieces of snake/alligator/crocodile skins are scattered all over the mountain. In picking up a plane part for a closer look, often there would be crocodile hide on or near the part. They are in such abundance that we actually became quite sick of th…

I read the Wikipedia article, and it seemed strange they were flying with only 19 passengers. Maybe the smuggling is what made it profitable?

Re: 31 years later, we found the flight recorders

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Post by revelation »

_RPM wrote: post #15
jessaustin wrote: post #5

Will Wikipedia ever get responsive? [EDIT:] In other words, Wikipedia seems to be the last vestige of the dumb old "separate web for mobile" mindset of ideas like WML. Media queries are just better, and would prevent this inane "that link sucks for half of us; here's one that sucks for the other half" crap.

The reason for a separate mobile site is that we can transfer less data over the wire. mobile sites typically aren't as feature filled as the desktop sites.

If only we had ever invented a way for users (agents) to signal their preferences to remote servers.

What's that, cookies exist? Someone tell people, it seems everyone believes those are just for invading user privacy. (Wikipedia included)

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